A happy family eats and vomits

Last night was dinner with dear friends.
A man, a woman, a daughter and a son.
It is a happy family and the children therefore are in balance and not screaming.

They had an interesting anecdote to tell about how they organize their family life concerning eating.
Every day another member of the family can say what will be for dinner.
So, the young daughter may say on Monday: pancakes!!!
And on Tuesday the father says: Indian curry with lamb.
While on Wednesday the son wants: lasagna.
Finally on Thursday Mama wishes to eat: lentil soup.
And then the cycle continues with the young daughter again.

There are some rules though.
The family members cannot chose each time for the same dish.
Otherwise every four days it would be pancakes.
And second but most important rule is that every person is committed to actually eat the food that is served.
That can be tough, especially for the kids but they courageously go for this fabulous idea because there is a reward: every four days they can personally chose what to eat.

While talking to the children about this amazing communal composing of the daily menu they told an additional surprising thing.
The boy vomits when he has to eat the favorite dish of his sister.
And the sister has to vomit when she has to eat the favorite dish of her brother.
They are funny, kids.

You don’t need to be a psychologist to sense that this vomiting is a thing not coming from the stomach but from the mind.
Therefore, the two kids were asked if they had any idea why they had to vomit from each other’s favorite food.
They had no clue.
They were asked why they would not vomit from their parent’s favorite food.
They didn’t know either: they just stared into eternity.
Like life is a mysterious thing that is impossible to understand and magically makes you vomit sometimes.
But they are happy and very nice kids nevertheless.





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Where money likes to go

Living in a luxurious house.
Two floors.
Large rooms.
A garden.
Super bathroom.
Well equipped kitchen.
High speed wifi.
HD TV.
Al the comfort imaginable.
But most remarkable is that it is a house that is happy.
The atmosphere in the house is warm and uncomplicated, harmonious and peaceful.

Now they are away for holidays, but normally in this house lives a man and a woman and their two children.
A happy family.

And this brings back to the memory a story once told by an old man when traveling on the island of Sifnos in Greece.
It was a wise old man who had many years of experience in life.
And he told that a business can only prosper when there is a happy family life.
Since then this has been observed on different occasions.
A man and a woman happily married, sometimes with children, but when the relationship falters so does the business they may be in.
When the marriage breaks up and a divorce follows, the business they may have goes down with it.

But the opposite, according to the wise old man from Sifnos in Greece, is true too.
When a man and a woman manage to have a harmonious and peaceful relationship, the business they may have will grow and be secure.

The friends of the house that is currently home, have a happy relationship.
Of course they have their difficult moments, but they manage to overcome them.
By sometimes going to a counseling session or a relationship seminar.
They both work as independent entrepreneurs and are successful.
And this their house shows: there is prosperity.
Nothing materially is lacking.

Money likes to come where happiness is.




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Unable to be unhappy

It is not easy to admit to have failed.
Especially, when the failing was very dramatic.

As many fervent and loyal blog readers will remember, yesterday it was announced that two days of unhappiness were going to be performed.
And already the first day was completely disastrous.
There were the usual feelings of happiness and optimism and joy of life that were impossible to replace by feelings of unhappiness.

Maybe it was because of the daily swimming in the large pool of the trailer park.
Not only is this seriously boosting the libido and making the body feel as if it is housed inside Arnold Schwarzenegger, it also results in feeling elated.
An almost unreal sensation of joy and bliss, but this after minimum 45 minutes intensive swimming.

Maybe it was because of seeing Alma again.
A long time friend who lives in La Paz surrounded warmly and affectionately by her four children.
Alma is going to start a Reiki massage centre in January 2010 in La Paz.
It will be a fabulous place with peaceful and harmonious interior designing.
Soft music, candles, incense.
And specialty will be Reiki by two experts.
Four hands massage.

It is great to be with Alma now because she is so optimistic, full of life and plans and at the threshold of a new major period in her life.
One of the challenging issues opening the new Reiki place is to find an appropriate name for it.
A name that appeals.
That can be understood by the local population and by the visiting foreigners.
The suggestion was made: "Alma Cares"

Alma was informed about the plan to be unhappy for two days.
She said she noticed no problem that it was not very successful.
She said she saw the usual happy and life-lust man with her again.

And so it also went seeing Gaby and Xavier.
A top time with lots of laughing and warm sharing.
Not one moment of unhappiness.

And then, as a climax, an issue that needed to find a solution with the "Queen of Dreams" found the perfect answer opening the way for a journey that will be made together to Spain in December.

So, are you going to try to be unhappy today then?

What a stupid question.

Why?

Because obviously yesterday has demonstrated it simply is not possible.

Why?

Because it is not in the nature of the person, dummy.

Why?

Well, because that's the way a person is born.

Why?

Probably of chromosomes and specific DNA.

Why?

That's how we are made.

Why?

Oh, shut up.




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A wedding